Garmin Approach S60, Premium GPS Golf Watch with Touchscreen Display and Full Color CourseView Mapping, Black w/Silicone Band

Is the s62 better? Probably. But if this is still 260, it is absolutely the best gadget for a golfer to have on their wrist. The bad? Here goes. It’s not winning any beauty contests. To keep it light it’s hard plastic. The battery isn’t that great, I only wear it golfing and I keep it plugged in with it’s proprietary cable. In gps golf mode it will drain 20% doing 9 holes. It has missed a swing here or there. You can only edit what club you used later in app and that is not fun, but doable. I had one issue where it drained itself one night after I unlplugged it and once it didn’t want to turn on. Searching for gps satellites takes a long time to do. For some reason you need two apps on your phone But for a second, pretend you thought, yes, but it’s 260 bucks. And you bought it. You plug it in to charge, it takes forever to turn on, you link it your phone, you set up your clubs, and you watch a YouTube video on what settings to turn on in the golf app. You go play. You walk up to the tee, you quickly move the flag using your touchscreen and you are almost if not as accurate as guy using rangefinder. You choose your club and after swinging touch the watch to tell it what club you used. Every club but putting. And you do your his for every club. At the end of your match, it syncs with your phone and you have beautiful full color pictures of every hole and how you hit. It starts tracking your handicap. It tracks your club distances (and you can access this from your phone). Your scorecards, all on your phone for forever. You can go back and look at pictures. Screenshots to text your friends. No guessing what your 160 yard club is. If you golf a lot, you should own one of these. Period.

Works great, was a bargain at $265 compared to its original $500 price tag. At some places it's $250 or less, but I appreciate the Amazon return policy in case something's wrong with it. Battery life is sufficient, way better than the Samsung Active 2 that I was wearing before, not enough for 36h most likely, but I only play 9 or 18 so it's fine. Super comfortable, non-gps battery life is several days, always on display and easy to read in daylight, using it as my everyday watch now. Used to carry around a garmin g80 on the course in my pocket which was annoying; now I have less crap in my pockets, and since its on the wrist it's a lot more accessible for reviewing yardages, entering club data and strokes, etc. I have a tiny lady wrist, 6" circumference, and I worried how the watch would fit but it's fine. The band is comfy, I'm on the 4th hole on the strap from the smallest setting, the strap doesn't make my skin break out, it's a little big but it's passable, just looks like a big outdoorsy fitness watch. Has all the golf functions anyone could wish for: plays like distances, touch targeting and hole overview and flag positioning, club distance tracking and automatic swing sensing, scorecard function, compass for blind shots, relatively accurate measurements, compiles performance stats. If you really play 36h regularly then the S62 might be worth the $500, but for the rest of us mere mortals that play 9h or 18h this S60 is a great half-cost option with nearly all the same functionality.

This is a great watch. Haven't had a smart watch since the original Pebble watch. I was using an app on my phone for Golf but I was always jealous of my buddies when they could just look at their wrist and get distances instantaneously! The Approach S60 delivers on the course. I've used it on several courses in different states and so far, no issues with accuracy. I have had some quirks where it appears to have skipped a hole but I think it might have been something I did unknowingly. Last few rounds have been dead on! I love that you can get your distances after each round. I don't take a lot of practices swings (hardly any) so I'm sure that contributes to the accuracy but it tracks ever tee shot and every approach/chip shot I make. While you can use the watch in a simple mode (track shots automatically, keep your own score) there are a bunch of more detailed settings you can employ and in my opinion, it's gets cumbersome to use with the little screen (i.e. keeping score for multiple golfers). Battery life seems adequate. When I'm not golfing, I get at least 10 days. It does have a proprietary charging cord so if you purchase, you may want an extra one. It has no problem getting through a round of 18 (yesterday, I started at 98% and finished with 59% battery life - Round was 3:58). One Gripe I have are the watch faces (and the connect store). I download a watchface, install and sync. and then randomly the watchface will disappear completely and the stock watchface returns. A sync does not solve the issue. I have to go back to the store, download again and sync to restore the watchface I want. A small annoyance, but an annoyance just the same. Pros: -Waterproof -Reasonable Battery Life -Accurate for Golf -Seems durable -Notifications are customizeable (texts, FB, Etc.) -Doubles as a fitness tracker Cons: -Can be finicky, occasionally confusing for tracking activities -No Heart Rate Monitor -Store has limited offerings -Proprietary charger and operating system -Band is thin (though has held up well so far).

Great and accurate. A couple times it stayed on same hole I just finished so I had to start a new round. Which isn't hard to start back up but annoying. Battery lasts about 36 holes. So it's just used when I play.

Das ist meine vierte Garmin-Golfuhr und mit weitem Abstand die BESTE. Funktionalität am Platz ist einmalig. Genaue Anzeige der Position und graphische Darstellung in Farbe gefällt mir sehr gut. Besonders interessant ist die Möglichkeit, nach jedem Schlag den Schlägernamen ( 5 Eisen, Pitcher,..) einzugeben und am Ende der Runde nach Übertragung mittels Blue tooth die Schläge auf dem Smartphone zu sehen. Die Nachverfolgung der Runde mittels der CONNECT App ist beindruckend.

Pricey, but you get your money's worth. This watch has everything a golfer could ask for and then some. Touchscreen technology at it's best. It boasts pin direction, pin placement, club stats, shot measurement, scoring, touchscreen yardage for anywhere on the course and much more. You also get everything you would expect in a smartwatch including turning off calls/messages whilst you're on the course. I absolutely love this watch! Watch the battery levels though. Two weeks as a smartwatch but 2 ROUNDS as a GPS watch. No issue if you charge it regularly though. There are three good apps to download. Garmin Connect Garmin Connect IQ and Garmin Express, all of which are easy to install and used to keep your watch fully updated. Recommended

Después de haber jugado un par de rondas de 18 hoyos creo poder dar una opinión fidedigna de éste reloj: Lo primero de todo es que llevando el reloj al 100% de batería, después de los 18 hoyos y aproximadamente 5 horas utilizando el GPS me quedaba aproximadamente un 45% de batería y al finalizar el día algo menos del 40% lo cual nos indica que no da para jugar dos rondas seguidas sin cargar la batería del reloj. A la hora de iniciar el juego en un partido, lo más ventajoso de este reloj con respecto a modelos inferiores es su gran pantalla a todo color y además táctil, en la que podemos apreciar la morfología del hoyo y los obstáculos que nos vayamos encontrando ya sean búnkers u obstáculos de agua, además de mostrarte en todo momento la distancia al centro del green. En todo momento la visión que tenemos de la pantalla es muy nítida. Yo antes jugaba con un smartphone para mirar las distancias y es muchísimo más cómodo utilizar el reloj. con solo un vistazo y un golpe de muñeca sabes perfectamente dónde estás y la distancia que tienes que hacer. Una vez que te acostumbras a utilizar los menús y sacarle partido lo considero imprescindible a la hora de jugar al golf. Otra posibilidad es la de poder mover la bandera del green y posicionarla en el sitio real de juego con solo tocarla y arrastrala con la yema del dedo. Cuando ejecutas un golpe te pregunta el palo que juegas, le confirmas y te va mostrando la distancia en metros. Así con todos los golpes que ejecutas, salvo los puts, que no los contabiliza, aunque cuando abandonas en green te pregunta cuantos puts has hecho en el hoyo. Cuando finalizas la ronda te calcula y muestra los golpes brutos y la puntuación stableford, aparte de otros datos como puts por hoyo y totales, g.e.r., distancia y pasos recorridos... La aplicación garmin golf para el móvil es un complemento muy útil a la hora de repasar un partido, ya que te muestra hoyo a hoyo todos los golpes que has dado, con sus distancias y palos empleados. Como puntos débiles quiero señalar 2, que en un reloj premium de este precio no deberían estar. El primero es que no trae incorporado el pulsómetro en la base del reloj, un gran debe a mi modo de ver, ya que personalmente también utilizo el reloj para correr y montar en bicicleta y has de comprar un banda pectoral compatible si quieres saber las pulsaciones durante la actividad deportiva. El segundo es que no trae cargador de corriente, simplemente viene el cable usb, que además es demasiado corto, apenas medio metro. En definitiva, un estupendo reloj para jugar al golf que además es un smartwatch.

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